wake board spotter
 

How old does your spotter have to be? I want to go out,but only have one adult available. The kid is 10 that would spot. Is that old enough?

Hell yeah! Our laws don't specify age in either WA or OR. maybe check your state's laws, but I've been using my son as a spotter/flagger since he was 7.

Hell, one time my buddy and I went out and used his 4 year old as our flagger! LMAO!!!! Whatever works!



I just looked up the WI rules and it says:

I think a 10 y/o is plenty competent.

10yr old is fine!

I heard a rumor that Wisconsin is looking to get rid of the spotter rule so long as u have a mirror that meets specs. I so hope that's true!

Awesome guys. Thanks a lot.

haha!! reminds me of a friend who put a blow up doll the passenger seat of his car while on his learner's permit.

Texas is a mirror state. makes things a lot easier.

My daughters 2... she says Uh-oh dada when I fall. That works right?

awesome!!

my 4 year old granddaughter has spotted for us before!

WI law is for a competent passenger. That being said, my son has spotted since age 7, that was competent enough for me. As long as they can demonstrate the hand signals and communicate them to the driver, they'd have a hard time proving otherwise.

I would support the mirror rule.

It seems like the term competent is up to the officer that day. We were pulled over in WI awhile back and the 10 year old wasn't enough for the officer. I'd prep the kid to be sure he'd do well if stopped.

I've had the same type of disagreement with a sheriff about the flag being displayed. We were sitting out in the middle of the river and the kids were swimming off the back of the swim platform. The sheriff came all the way over to us (no one else around) and said that our flag in my "flag buddy" wasn't good enough. that we needed someone to hold the flag the whole time the kids were swimming.

Later I looked up the Oregon law and it said:

I would most certainly say that rotating the flag on the "flag buddy" that is attached to the tower is most certainly having a person "display" it.

Yeah, the Sheriff would disagree, but I'm certain that I'd have beat it in court if I was cited.

Pic of a "flag buddy"
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I've had my 4 year old spot in WI. Virtually no one else on the water and he knows all the signals. In fact, he's better than some people in their 20's I've had who just mess around on their phone...

I think in my state you aren't required to have a spotter as long as your mirror is a certain size.

Where can I find the "hand signals", and is the flag a certain size and material? Or just a red flag? Or more info on it.

Eh, I wouldn't be so sure about that.

Flag is not required in WI, never seen anyone use a flag.